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There's a wiki page about inconsistencies: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Possible_inconsistencies_in_the_legendarium https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Possible_

• injb 3y ago
  Whenever that kind if thing happens, a wizard did it.
  • labster 3y ago
    No need to bring magic in. Tolkien might have made a mistake in translating the original Quenya, or perhaps there were transcription errors among the Noldorin scribes. Other histories have these same problems.
• epilys 3y ago
  An inconsistency Tolkien "solved" is most notably Glorfindel. The name was used twice in early drafts so he decided to merge those two persons even though they appears eras apart, and the first one had died. He did it by introducing the concept of reincarnation for the elves.